Extreme cold ends. Colder than average weather continues.

Our colder than normal weather pattern continues as we head into the second half of the week,  the good news however is that we have finished the extreme cold that we experienced over the past 2 weeks. Find out when the transition into warmer weather will occur and how long are cooler than average temperatures will continue for. 

Wednesday: Southern Manitoba will be on the western edge of a high-pressure system in the prairie provinces. Along with a weakening trough.  Partly to mainly cloudy skies are expected for Southwestern Manitoba in the afternoon and evening hours with a chance for light snow , sunny skies can be expected throughout the day along with calm winds in the afternoon. Temperatures for the afternoon will be in the Low to mid minus teens (-12 to -16C). Windchills however will be in the -20°C to -30C range. Winnipeg: Partly cloudy. High -13C. Brandon: Partly cloudy . High -14C. 

Wednesday night: Partly cloudy skies are expected, there will be a chance for some light snow as a trough of low pressure moves through. Lows on wednesday night will be in the minus 20’s (-20 to -27C) in southwestern Manitoba with some sections in the parklands and interlakes. Areas of southeastern Manitoba will see lows in the high minus teens (-15 to -20C). Winnipeg: Cloudy 60% chance of flurries, low -17C. Brandon: Flurries ending in the early evening then cloudy, low -26C. 

Thursday: Transition into warmer weather!!! Thursday will be the first of many warmer days to come for the second half of the week into next week. A northwesterly to westerly flow aloft along with some sun in southwestern Manitoba and clouds in southeastern sections of the province will aid in temperatures rising into the low to mid minus double digits (-10 to -16C), with the warmest air in southeastern Manitoba. Winnipeg: Partly Cloudy high -16C. Brandon: Partly Cloudy high -18C. 

Thursday Night: During the night the area of high-pressure that was off to the west will be moving into Northwestern Ontario, mostly clear skies are expected throughout the overnight. Winds however will be light which will keep windchills a tad warmer. Temperatures will be in the mid to high minus teens (-15 to -19C) overnight in southeast Manitoba, with temperatures between (-18 and -25C) in the southwest part of Manitoba. Warmer temps in the Dauphin areas and extreme southwest Manitoba (-15 to -20C). Windchills in the high minus teens in southeast Manitoba, (-15 to -20C). As well as windchills in the low to mid minus 20’s in the rest of the southern half of Manitoba. Winnipeg: Clear, low -18°C.Windchill -21C. Brandon: Clear, low -20C. Windchill -21C. 

Friday: An area of high pressure will move into Ontario bringing in a southerly flow behind it. This will be one of the more significant days of warmth that we have seen in a very long time, our daytime high temperatures for the first time in over two weeks! Temperatures will soar into the low minus double digits (-10 to -12C), in the inter lakes and the parklands. High minus single digits (-5 to -10C) in much of the southern half along and south of the yellow head and highway number 1. Windchils for the majority of the southern half of the province will still be in the minus teens (-15 to -20C)  temperatures however they will not exceed the values we have experienced over the past few weeks. Mainly cloudy skies are forecast in the southeast with sunny skies for the remainder of the region. Winnipeg: Mainly Cloudy, high -9C. Brandon: Sunny. High -9C. 

Friday night: A week low pressure system looks to impact parts of southern Manitoba with a potential for a quick but heavy band of snow, accumulations should not be too much. Overnight lows should be in the high minus single digits in the southwest and the low to mid minus teens in the south east. Cloudy skies are expected for most. Winnipeg: Cloudy, 60% chance of snow early in the morning. Low -14C. Brandon: Cloudy, 60% chance of snow overnight. Low -10C. 

Into the weekend this warmer than normal temperature pattern looks to continue with the potential for daytime highs to finally reach the low to mid minus single digits into the low teens and the potential for a few degrees near zero.